Minneapolis to Fargo

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On my way out of the Minneapolis area I made two stops. The first was downtown near the Nicollet Mall to see the statue of Mary Tyler Moore, dedicated by TV Land way back in 2002.

We're gonna make it after all.

To the west of town, I stopped by Paisley Park Studios, which was built by Prince in 1987. It wasn't until I was leaving Minneapolis this morning that I found out that Prince doesn't live here anymore - he splits his time between LA and Toronto. If only I had known three weeks ago!


Not sure why I found this amusing, but Paisley Park is boxed in by a Kinder Care and la Petite Academy. Two kindergartens that close to the studios that Prince built.

About an hour and a half from Fargo, I got hit by a very rough thunderstorm for about ten minutes. As soon as I came through, I saw the weirdest cloud formation.


I don't think that this picture really captures what I saw because it took me a couple of minutes to get pulled over safely and take this. It looked as though the clouds had been grabbed by a large hand, and the fingers left an impression in the soft material. It gave the already gray clouds a much more ominous appearance.

It was about 6:00 When Quincy and I got into Fargo this evening. By the time we stopped for dinner and drove around for a bit, I decided that we should just stop for the night. As much as I wanted to find what nightlife there may be in Fargo, all of the bars I looked up were closed on Sundays. My friend Holly recommended that I check out Atomic Coffee on Broadway, which I'll do tomorrow morning for breakfast. After that, we'll be heading to Marvin, SD.